Try searching for hall effect Controllers. They will be more expensive, but don’t need sliding surfaces or easily failing parts.

Thats exacly my point. It is not positive and it happens much earlier. In the end it’s less about laws and more about how people think about it

In Germany underage drinking is at 13-14 and also happens a lot

Everything is a trade-off ;-)

Spare parts don’t run on 5-10 watts.

Brother ist the way to go. Also OK for Linux in my experience